1 John 2:7

Brothers, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

In Context

6He who claims to abide in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. 1 The New Commandment

8Again, a new commandment I am writing to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, “ ‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Acts 17:19And taking hold of him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is you speak about?

Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only do not use freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but rather through love serve one another.

1 John 2:24Therefore let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7

The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →

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